CHAPTER NUMBER: 120
File Code: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 624/03 - JUD
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 24
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Giannetti, Britt, Brochin, DeGrange, Garagiola,
Grosfeld, Jimeno, Kelley, Middleton, Schrader, Stone, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled:
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Criminal Law - Animal Cruelty - Dogfighting and Cockfighting
Prohibiting a person from knowingly attending as a spectator a
deliberately conducted event that uses a fowl, cock, or other bird to
fight with another fowl, cock, or other bird; prohibiting a person
from possessing, owning, selling, transporting, or training a dog or a
fowl, cock, or other bird with the intent to use the animal for
specified purposes; prohibiting a person from possessing implements or
devices relating to a fowl, cock, or other bird fighting with another
fowl, cock, or other bird under specified circumstances; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/4
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/11
- Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/24
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/25
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- 4/11
- Returned Passed
- 4/27
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 120
House Action
- 3/25
- First Reading Judiciary
- 3/26
- Hearing 4/6 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/12
- Favorable Report by Judiciary
- 4/10
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Delegate Vallario) Adopted (133-0)
- Third Reading Passed (137-1)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 21
- Senator Gwendolyn Britt, District 47
- Senator Jim Brochin, District 42
- Senator James E. DeGrange, Sr., District 32
- Senator Rob Garagiola, District 15
- Senator Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
- Senator Philip C. Jimeno, District 31
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Thomas McLain Middleton, District 28
- Senator Sandra B. Schrader, District 13
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ANIMALS -see also- BIRDS; TURTLES
- BIRDS
- COUNSELORS -see also- SOCIAL WORKERS
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
- EQUIPMENT -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
- PENALTIES
- SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Criminal Law
- (
10-605 ,
10-607 ,
10-608
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 598476/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 24, 2004 at:
10:57 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 25, 2004: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- House
- April 10, 2004: Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Vallario) Adopted (133-0)
- April 10, 2004: Third Reading Passed (137-1)
